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Saturday, August 29, 2015

All the 'futuristic' stuff in the 20th century seemed to have a '2000' tag on it. Things like the Hoover Vacuum 2000, or the Ronco Turnip Twaddler 2000 conveyed that the product was advanced beyond the current era. Then once the actual year 2000 came, well, hey, it's just another year. So I suppose Fleer decided to shoot back a couple decades with a design that screams, to me, 'it's 1981 and here's what the future of fonts looks like'. By the way, despite my mocking, I really like it.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Two days left to vote in the first-round-closing in the NTNBRVT.
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Big get for Red Cardboard here. The Zim is quite popular, and it's reflected in his card prices. I had to wait for a grossly off-centered version to pop up, which is perfectly fine by me.

Oh, but why am I snagging a 50 year old Mets card? Check again. "CIN. REDS" is clear as day on the bottom line. That makes this a Reds card, kiddies. Popeye played 63 games for the Reds in 1962, after playing 14 for the Mets that same year. Both of those would constitute his entire tenures for those teams in his 15 year playing career.

From what I can tell, there are only 2 cards of Zimmer as a Red: This one (and it's stamped buyback) and a 1962 Reds-issued postcard. So I'm halfway to 'Zimmer as a Red' supercollector status. Aw yeah.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

First up, go vote in The Non-Topps Non-Bowman Reds Vintage Tournament, if you haven't already.
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Picked this up for a song recently. Any '52 Topps is tough. Any '52 Topps RC is tougher. Any '52 Topps in decent shape is tougher still. This is all three. Nice.

Wally Post is a Reds Hall of Famer, spending 12 of his 15 seasons in Cincinnati. His lone All Star nod was in 1957, but was taken away by Commissioner Ford F#%$k. Yeah, so the city of Cincinnati had a systematic ballot stuffing campaign resulting in 7 All Star starters. So what? Blame the game, not the gamer. Post and teammate Gus Bell were forced out and replaced with a couple scrubs; Henry Aaron and William Mays. Pshaw.

This brings me two cards away from completing the non-high number team set. I will certainly overpay for them in due time.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Last day to vote in the current cluster of the NTNBRVT, kids.
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Ok, so I lied in the title. My 'massive' collection of LaMarre consists of three cards, all from the 2010 Bowman Prospects set. Not impressive.

Not that there are too many cards to choose from. This 2010 Bowman Prospect and its 20 variations, 2010 Donruss Elite put out a few base/inserts of him with auto variations aplenty, he was in 2011 Topps Pro Debut with all those parallels, and he was in 2012 Onyx Platinum Prospects.

I even mention him, because my Reds are so terribly un-competitive right now, that our only bright spots are watching young guys get some major league innings. LaMarre debuted Saturday and went 0-5, but got his first hit yesterday, going 1-3. Time to produce some more cards, Topps. We're looking at the next Willie Mays here.

'The Tabasco Kid' is Norman Elberfield, so nicknamed because he was a tremendous prick, got thrown out of tons of games, and assaulted an umpire to the point where the police intervened. He got and 8 game suspension, which is about the same as if you have a little bit of goop on your cap now. And he played 41 games for the Reds in 1899.

You may know Harry Lowrey better as 'Peanuts'.

Royals Bippage is sneaky Bippage. And why pick up a Tom Seaver Mets card when I can pick up a Tom Seaver Red Sox card?

Do people remember that Dontrelle Willis finished his career with the Reds? Well he did.